From: Gene McAloon 

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:53:55 -0600, David N. Barnett  wrote:

>On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 16:45:18 -0600, Gene McAloon
> wrote in message
>:
>
>| First of all, it would have
>| no practical effect because vice presidents don't have any power and in most
>| administrations are simply relegated to waiting around for the president to
die.
>
>Well, there is that tie-breaker vote in the Senate...

Yes, I thought of that, but dismissed it as of no significance, which it is not.
That is a little surprising in a way given the closeness of the party's division
in that house, but emphasizes the non-significance of that tie-breaking
vote, I think.

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